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            Study: Obesity Can Shorten Lives by as Much as 10 Years

   by VOA News

   Doctors have known for years the health risks of being overweight, but
   a new study shows that being too fat can cut as much as 10 years off
   your life.

   The study in The Lancet, a medical journal, looked at the histories of
   4 million nonsmoking adults in 32 countries from 1970 to 2015.

   The experts found that those who were overweight died one year earlier
   than their life expectancy and moderately obese people lost three years
   off their lives.

   The study's lead author, Emanuele Di Angelantonio of the University of
   Cambridge, said the severely obese can expect to die 10 years
   prematurely.

   The study said being fat is far more dangerous for men than for women.

   Experts have already linked obesity to heart disease, stroke and
   cancer.

   The authors recognized how hard it is for many people to lose weight
   and keep it off. They said it is much easier for overweight people to
   slim down to normal weight before they reach middle age, rather than
   later in life.
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